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C Reflections byAlta Ny Oawwdine 1 One of Mm mmm I contacted about Kelvin and the Goodwill Games Standard. When I mentioned Kelvin's name .sports reporter Hud Willae ??'. -ouudcd interested He mtd he knew Kelvin well and had even met his firther, but did not have much current info" oo Kelvin. So 1 fiued some articles to a man I would likely never meet any circumstances ! in 1988. however, a young lady reporter for that very same paper told i group of us aspiring writers what it's like to be a journalist. Three times I've attended that aame local writer's group in Dillon. 25 miles from Mother ^ home out in the country The second time, when Mother went with me. we heard from the lady editor of the attractive montana Magazine. Dunns the quest ion period I smd I wondered why there were no Indian writers in that issue. (In a later issue. Idid see some stories written by Montana Indians. I On my third visit I had just made some extra copiesof the poem, "The Mobile Homes We |,ive la." When I learned thaLadfttoftis was expected to read some of our own writing, 1 decided to use that Most of the people there (all white) seemed deeply moved bv the point it seeks to make, thar ALL people are EQUAL in our Creator's eyes Back to the Montana Standard 1 also know Perry Backus, a Dillon photographer who presently covers the Dillon and Madison County areas fir* the "Standard He had nianned to do a story oo Mother when she turned 94, but they never got together When I mentioned to Hud Willse that ' Mother is 97. he suggested that I see about getting a story about her in the Standard now I plan to call Pen-y Backus again to see if he is interested in taking pictures at the Sheridan nursing home, of Mother and several residents even older than she is As you can see. for me. the story of the Kelvin Sampson family has bridged the gap between my northwestern home in Montana. : Crises Whenever 1 hear that a stranger, or someone I know, has died or is going through some kind of crisis, as a Christian I truly care, whether or not i let the people who are hurting know how I feet Srac?. at preset*. I do not haves car of my own. v?tag people is nor always easy Ana I ve overlooked many people in this ool?a AloMg with all others. Idas time there are three local families for whom I would welcome your prayers. One is the family of Leon's cousin. Roy Chavu. recently lulled in a head oo collision Another if the busily of Geitntde Locklear. the vouag teacher who recently died of breast cancer. Her husband, W illiam. li ved next door to us oo Pine Street. It seems like only yesterday when I attended their wedding' The third is the family of Lacy Dial, who apparently suffered a heart attack. His sister. Olivia Hunt, and her family lived in the next-door apartment when we were on Pine Street, it was her husband. Doug, who 'gave awav Wanda Kay (to place of Leon) when she married Jeff in 1996 Also. I would still appreciate prayer for my 97-year-old mother, who is finding it more difficult to handle the death of her favorite sister. Bertha (the last other living sibling of the 10 who started out together) than most other deaths she has experienced in the past. If anyone would like to send her a card or note, she now has a new address. The "nursinghome (locatednext to a mountain range I has just changed its name to Tobacco Root Mountain Care Center 1 am sure thai CARE CENTER. Box 308. Sheridan. MT 59749 will reach her Families and Individuals All mv life families have been extremely important to me. First, there was the Harry and Alta Nye family into which I was bom. After being an "only child" for four and a half years, it took leaving home for me to really appreciate my two "little" brothers, who both grew to be much taller than I. In each case (my second brother was born before I turned 6) it was a little SISTER that I was looking forward to having AS A COMPANION Instead, twice my dream was shattered' On top of that, since my parents were nc longer able lo'' zero in " on their little girl who had gotten so much undivided attention. I just KNEW that they no longer loved me. So I went through a period of "hating them back ' I had a nightmarish daydream in which I was grown up. telling the whole world what terrible pa ents I had. Afteratnp 10 California with Matter to vWt HER mother during which I was a real PROBLliM child) Mother decided to give me the nynbilky jf weekly housecletiuiig ted thea PRAISE me whenever I did a job well (She did a lot better that lwoeid do. yean later, ui hswtmg MY fint hi Id's jealousy whoa the attention he .ilone had been getting was diverted toward a little slater, and then a little brother.) But. at age 7.1 became convinced that I could ONLY net my parents' love beck and KEEP it, by being a perfect child, who did ALL thoee liousehold jobs I hated (because they ?emedtoo hard and time consuming ) and also NEVLR made any waves! rhis was one reason 1 loved going to ichool from Mcoday through Friday, but dreaded for Saturday to come. < Since we lived in town until I started high school, and most of the neighbor Kids had Saturd ty off as a day to play tod have a goot time, 1 still felt luce I was being puiu ted in the process of holding on to n y parents' lovr) As I gryw older. 1 dreamed of things getting better in our family And I beamed ofhavi w a PERFECT family of my ow some day. It was only after losing most of my own (second) family, seven i tooths after Daddy's death. that I fint lly came to grips with my long-term UNREALISTIC expectations. Ir each case, I foiled to really appreciate what my present ramiiy bad "go ng for it," until it was too late Even though I will likely never be a part of another family, I will ALWAYS can- about otter families around me. and throughout the world. In fact. I senocsly considered going into family counseling after ''our accident. Finally.Idecidedhere would be a dangerous tendency to use other people sfamiliei to try to work through issues and emotions left unresolved when my second family was suddenly severed in I98<. As it has turned out, much of my rime and interea since then has been involved in tryingto helpother Singles, Uong with myself, go on with our lives, without our former family relationships. "A Man In Touch With His People" VOTE FOR *r' Ponce DeLeon Chavis II Lumbee Tribal Council District 11 (Deep Branch Area) Saturday, August 27, 1994 6:30 AM - 7 30 PM Long Feather * Well respected in the community * 12 years employment with Campbell's Soup * Married 20 years to Jill Chavis * One son: Ponce DeLeon Chavis III * IS years experience with Indian Crafts VOTE AUGUST 27TH BRIAN LOCKLEAR For Tribal Council District 12 Tha Areas oh Union, N. Rowland, Purvis, Elrod, S. Pembroke, Raynham, Evans Crossing, Rack Swamp and Hopewell *S Y?n In UJ. Navy ?SonroS Suing Owrt Storm *1 iMVn of commwOtion tor ocdhoct In n>SWo?|i ??mk? _ ' ^DIICIimf|R4 Hofiofs *Snn nt SMi1o"'nns'!!nfTy Lnli.n llmSo nt Now triifKi Hutii On OwU? z' VOTE Jimmy Strickland LUMBEE TRIBAL CHAIRMAN Saturday, August 27, 1994 A Gradual* of the Southern laptfct Theotoffcal Seminary; Preanfr, a^SanSor ? Advertise Your Business In Our RfliflflCSI Jfv#31 fl?## DiMnAIPill l/li vl^tvV jf# VOTE FOR Rev. Hubbard Lowery Tribal Chairman of Lumbee Cheraw Tribe Saturday, August 27,1994 ? Decorated Vietnam Veteran ? Mechanical Engineer ? Pursuing Masters of Divinity Degree at Luther Rice Seminary ? J5wneiVManager of First American CoHiSfete ' ~ Company ? Board member of N.C. Indian Cultural Center ? Publisher/writer for Baptist Sunday School Board . ? Consultant to the Home Mission Board Lazers ? Received National Tribal recognition for Tribal Mission projects I ' Known for years as a "peoples" pastor I Vote For Hope Locklear Sheppard Lumber Cheraw Tribal Council Deep Branch District 011 (Voting Site: Deep Branch School) "A Vote for me, is A Voice Jor you" "Strife* At Tkt Wlmd' - 9 yon Nmrrfr tf MfhrnM Trth Stm Empitjtt - liyoan Cnph '1 hoot otwoyt npnunttimy p?pk, Tba Umktt, I* A* mommtr. Allow m ? tomtom woHdmg Jltr you by fotog firm** SoL, Amp. 27.'
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